Testseek.co.uk have collected 1214 expert reviews of the Samsung SM-G950 Galaxy S8 and the average rating is 89%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Samsung SM-G950 Galaxy S8.
April 2017
(89%)
1214 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(82%)
1461 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Great camera
Brilliant display
Excellent design
Headphone jack included
Large screen size and colour-rich display
Fabulous build quality
Best in class display
Gorgeous design and compact for a 5.8in smartphone
Slick performance
Excellent camera
Decent battery life
Blazing fast performance
Bluetooth 5 and dual audio
Amazing
Large display
Huge power
The best-looking phone around crushes it in performance
Battery life
Water-resistance and wireless charging. An external storage slot lets you keep more photos
Videos and music
Amazing screen
Great design
Feature packed
Increíble pantalla grande
Enorme poder
Gran cámara
Upea
Suuri näyttö
Todella tehokas
Erinomainen kamera
The most eye-catching phone design you can buy today
Great-looking 18.5
1 aspect ratio AMOLED screen is ideal for entertainment (even more so when HDR comes into play)
Best Samsung software experience to date
Decent battery life and optimisations
Rear
Stunning build and design
Large
Bright screen
Snappy performance
Spectacular display
Stunning design
Killer speed
Awesome display
A phone that feels like the future
Stunning camera
It's actually innovative
Gorgeous display
Excellent build quality
Design
Useful software features and options
TouchWiz is a lot prettier
Water-resistant
A superfast
Frustrationfree phone for everyday use
Stunning design and build quality
Sharp edgetoedge screen puts the focus on content
Beautiful design
Superb screen
Great performance
64GB microSD card slot
Wireless charging
IP68
Brilliant screen
Tiny body
Iris scanner
24hour battery
Pressuresensitive screen
Notification LED
The 5.8in screen is packed into a superthin body. While this is not as wide as some other flagship smartphones
It's very comfortable to use
Swipe left from the main screen to access Bixby Home which details the latest news
Weather and any appointments
The editors didn't like
Expensive
Difficult to unlock
Battery isn't as good as S7
Bixby virtual assistant is of limited use
Awkward fingerprint sensor placement
Poor design for left-handed users
Awkward rear-facing fingerprint sensor
Rear fingerprint reader placement
Face recognition hit and miss
Bixby needs to differentiate
Irritating biometric unlocking
Very expensive at launch
Bixby pointless
Its awkwardly placed fingerprint reader leads to camera smears and longer unlock times
Which is aggravating when you use it to unlock your phone dozens of times a day
Small battery
Camera isn't much of an upgrade
Bixby needs works
Desbloqueo biométrico irritante
Muy caro en el lanzamiento
Bixby sin sentido
Ärsyttävät biometriset toiminnot
Kallis lähtöhinta
Bixby on turha ominaisuus
Fingerprint scanner is poorly placed
Iris and face recognition logins have limited success
Bixby button initially useless
Connectivity can cause issues with perfect playback/graphical functions
Some features hidden in menus
Full Bixby not yet available
Fingerprint scanner poorly positioned
Colour palette could be better
Sound could be more transparent
Battery life isn't quite as impressive as predecessor
Awfully placed fingerprint sensor
Bixby is a bit of a dud
Bixby is hardly useful
Poor speaker placement
$100 more expensive than S7
The price
Extremely lowlight camera performance in auto needs improving
Iris scanner is hopelessly fiddly
Bixby is incomplete and can't compete with Google Now and Assistant
Fingerprint sensor poorly located
Bixby is a work-in-progress
It's not cheap
Fixed battery
Only Android 7.0
No USBPD
Fingerprint scanner placement not ideal
Sadly
We'll have to wait for Bixby Voice the feature that would really set it apart from other Android phones. There's no official release date yet. This means features Samsung mentions like asking the phone to change settings
Gorgeous AMOLED display that seems to curve over into the chassis, Performance that's substantial enough for virtual reality, Fast, responsive camera, Water resistance, Extra goodies you won't find on other phones, like Samsung Pay
Rear fingerprint sensor is oddly placed, Face biometrics are finicky to set up and use, Bixby, Samsung's voice assistant, is barely there, Fingerprints. Everywhere. Constantly
Published: 2017-04-18, Author: Joe , review by: macrumors.com
Abstract: Reviews of Samsung's new Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ hit the web today, and given each smartphone's potential similarities to Apple's rumored iPhone with an OLED display, we have rounded up some of the impressions below. Galaxy S8's Infinity Display (Im...
High-end hardware specs will appeal to gamers and other power users
Awkward size and finish make iy hard to hold and use, Placement of fingerprint sensor makes it difficult to use, Glossy screen results in distracting reflections
Hand-friendly design, Gorgeous screen, Best processor and modem available
Awkward fingerprint scanner placement, Average battery life
The Samsung Galaxy S8 is a gorgeous big-screen phone with a comfortable single-handed feel, and it's packed with top-notch components and promising new software...
Published: 2017-04-18, Author: Dave , review by: hothardware.com
Abstract: Buzz for Samsung 's highly anticipated "next Galaxy" devices, the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+, has reached a fevered pitch, and for good reason. When it comes to smartphone market share percentages, there's Samsung and Apple, and then there's everyone else...
The best-looking phone around crushes it in performance, battery life, water-resistance and wireless charging. An external storage slot lets you keep more photos, videos and music
Its awkwardly placed fingerprint reader leads to camera smears and longer unlock times, which is aggravating when you use it to unlock your phone dozens of times a day
The Samsung Galaxy S8's fast speeds and fantastic curved screen make it a top phone for 2017, but the annoying fingerprint reader could sour your experience...
Published: 2017-04-18, Author: Eric , review by: phonescoop.com
Samsung found the right formula in the Galaxy S8. It dialed in the exact amounts of high design, technical power, and quality build needed to deliver a near-perfect smartphone. The S8's flaws are so few and far between I can hardly bring myself to bother...
Divisive software design, Duplicate apps, Bixby is incomplete at launch
It would seem that the Galaxy S8 not only helps push the troublesome Note 7 further back into memory but also presents Samsung as a company renewed for 2017. Some elements of the phone's hardware are iterative whilst others break new ground.Its look and f...
Published: 2017-04-18, Author: Chris , review by: slashgear.com
Beautiful design, Curved Super AMOLED screen looks and works great, Fast and lag-free, Camera is among the best
Fingerprint sensor is awkwardly placed, No dual-camera optical zoom, Bixby Voice isn't available at launch
There had been suspicions that the fallout from the Note 7 battery fiasco might sour would-be Galaxy S8 buyers. Based on the degree of pre-launch excitement, however, those fears seem to have been unfounded. Whether it's the safety promise implicit in Sam...
